Eleonora
Maersk is one of the greatest ships of the world. This is one outfit
that is of the world wonders. The ships Eleonora Maersk is a sister-ship
of the well known vessel Emma Maersk. The ship is registered in
the town Svendborg, in Denmark. Eleonora Maersk has a beam of 56
meters, length of 397 meters and the whole deadweight of the vessel
is 109 thousand metric tons. The vessel can carry 11 thousand TEUs
in calculation of Maersk Group, but in fact it is even larger than
these calculations. When it is fully loaded, according to IMO calculations
the ship can carry 13500 TEUs, and the whole deadweight of Eleonora
Maersk will be 156 thousand metric tons. Interesting is, that in
this way the ship-owner is trying to reduce the danger of over-loading
the vessel and this is the main treason to write in the ships books
that she can carry only 11 thousand TEUs. Other interesting reason
is that stowing of more than 10 thousand containers takes a lot
of time and can cause a lot of problems for the officers, while
discharging in the port.
It is not so easy to build such
large vessel. The shipyard that took the contract for building Eleonora
Maersk was Lindo in Denmark. The contract was signed in 2006 and
just 1 year and a half after that Eleonora Maersk was put on water.
The date that Eleonora Maersk was registered officially was 21st
January, 2007. This was good year for Maersk Line and also good
year for shipping. Eleonora
Maersk is not only big vessel. One of the most important requirements
of Maersk Group is that their vessel should have enough power to
sail with high speed through the water. That is why this ship is
equipped with main engine of Wartsila-Sulzer 14RTFLEX96-C, with
whole maximum power of 90 thousand KW. The maximum speed that Eleonora
Maersk can reach is 27 knots, and the economy crossing speed is
about 24 knots. The innovations into the design and technology of
the vessel is making this vessel more economy, more optimized, and
with less consumption of fuel. Eleonora Maersk is decreasing the
yearly comsumption of fuel with more than 1,200 tons per year, with
increase of the productivity of more than 1.5 times. This is why
Maersk Line is investing so much in new technologies. This company
is trying to reduce all standards of more ship-owners, which are
making everything for bigger profit, with no idea about future developing
of the company. Eleonora Maersk and prove that sailing can be more
ecological, more safety and more profitability.
Eleonora Maersk is combinating all good features of
one ship, and is making the work of all crew easier. The innovations
in lashing equipment are also decreasing the work of the crew while
ship is maneuvering. Entering in the port is just a game on the
bridge, with the strong bow thrusters which are giving the power
of 5,500 KW each. The ships is making maneuvers by itself and even
don’t need tugs to go even on the hardest places. date: 14th April, 2008
